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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION April 4, 2016 DRAFT 4 position and he feels that is up to the council. The approximate cost of adding the CSO 136 position is $25,000 a year. 137 138 Mayor Reinert asked for Director Swenson’s recommendation and he said he sees good 139 value in the program but of course it is tied to bringing in the revenue to support it. The 140 mayor concurred that maintaining the traffic monitoring activities is tied to maintaining 141 the ACE program. The grant funded position for that traffic monitoring is a four year 142 program. 143 144 The council discussed the threshold for maintaining a new CSO position. The mayor 145 suggested that it be tied to the number of participants. Director Swenson remarked that 146 the number of the participants doesn’t reflect exactly to an amount of revenue. 147 148 Council Member Maher suggested that there is a figure of ACE participants going back to 149 pre-grant funded operations that should set the mark for justifying the extra position. 150 Director Swenson said, going back to 2014 when there were no months of grant-funded 151 positions, that figure is 370 in the year. The council concurred that the figure is 450 152 and reaching that point triggers a conversation about the situation. 153 154 6. Advisory Board Applicant – Administrator Karlson explained that there is one 155 applicant for the Economic Development Advisory Committee. It would be appropriate 156 to set up an interview at this time. 157 158 The council concurred to schedule a special session when the applicant is available. 159 (Note: The session was scheduled for April 25, previous to the schedule work session and 160 council meeting, at 5:45 p.m.) 161 162 7. Council Updates on Boards/Commissions – 163 164 Council Member Maher updated the council on the work of the North Metro 165 Telecommunications Commission. They elected an executive board, established 166 meetings with Century Link on their franchise, and discussed distribution of fees, which 167 are up. 168 169 Council Member Rafferty expressed thanks to staff for putting together the joint meeting 170 with the boards and commissions as well as the meet and greet; it was a great way to 171 communicate and share information on the Mattamy project. 172 173 8. Monthly Progress Report – Administrator Karlson reviewed the written report. 174 There was direction given on the following items: 175 - Landscaping Plan for Civil Complex/Veterans Memorial Location – Mayor 176 Reinert noted that individual council members were going to take a look at the 177 possible locations. Council Member Rafferty distributed some preliminary 178 drawings for a veterans’ memorial. One plan was based on the center island 179 location. Other possibilities were reviewed – American Legion, Fire Station #2 180